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Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
While Netflix posts healthy profits, Disney looks like it will remain profitable moving forward, and Peacock and Paramount are in the red but trimming losses — The five major Hollywood streaming services reported a collective profit of $3.2 billion in the first six months of this year.
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Andrew Jacobs / New York Times:
Scientific journal Psychopharmacology retracts three papers about MDMA-assisted PTSD therapy due to what it says was unethical conduct at one of the study sites — The psychedelic treatment, for PTSD, was rejected last week by government regulators. — Doses of MDMA, also known as Ecstasy, in street form.
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Stan Alcorn / Rest of World:
A look at the consequences of Spotify's disinvestment in podcasts in Latin America, where one survey found 90% of podcast listeners used Spotify — In Latin America, “podcast” and “Spotify” became synonymous; now the audio industry is reckoning with the company's retreat. — • BOGOTÁ, COLOMBIA
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Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
Polymarket, which lets users bet on real-world events, partners with AI search engine Perplexity to show news summaries and with Tako to make AI visuals — Prediction marketplace Polymarket, which lets users bet on real-world events, is partnering with AI-powered search engine Perplexity to display news summaries of events.
Jem Aswad / Variety:
Meta and UMG sign a multiyear agreement about AI, monetization, and more for UMG artists and songwriters on Meta's apps, including WhatsApp for the first time — Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but the announcement says the new agreement “reflects the two companies' shared commitment …
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Max Tani / Semafor:
Conservative indie publishers struggle to recreate the book sales of major publishers' conservative imprints; The Daily Wire has wound down its publishing arm — The Scoop — It's hardly a surprise that Ben Shapiro is working on another book. Publishing remains one of the most lucrative elements …
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Stephanie Stacey / Financial Times:
TikTok has been sending inaccurate and misleading news-style alerts to users, including a weeks-old disaster warning; TikTok removed some of the notifications — False claims about Taylor Swift and outdated tsunami warnings are among misleading notifications posted by video-sharing app
Charlie Wells / Bloomberg:
Some longtime users of LinkedIn lament the barrage of performative content from hustle-culture influencers and AI-generated “thought leadership” on the site — Longtime users irked by personal content lament that the job-hunting website has become more like Facebook.
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The Guardian, more at Techmeme »
Priyanjana Bengani / Columbia Journalism Review:
An in-depth analysis shows Metric Media, which runs a network of ~1,300 “pink slime” news sites, received $14M+ from four PACs and four nonprofits in 2021-2022 — The Tow Center maintains a list of politically backed and partisan news sites here.
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Matt Flegenheimer / New York Times:
A profile of Bari Weiss as The Free Press expands, hiring a COO and running live events; TFP had over 750K subscribers in July, with 100K+ paying $8/month — Bari Weiss has long been blessed with two superpowers, those close to her say: She knows how to make useful enemies, and she knows how to make useful friends.
Abner Li / 9to5Google:
Susan Wojcicki, former YouTube CEO and a key figure in Google's creation, dies at age 56, after two years of living with cancer — On Friday evening, Alphabet and Google Sundar Pichai shared that Susan Wojcicki has died. She was 56. … Her husband, Dennis Troper, made the announcement earlier this evening:
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Washington Post:
An obituary of Susan Wojcicki, who was one of the most prominent women in Silicon Valley, helped launch and grow AdSense, and pushed for Google to buy YouTube
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Juliana Kim / NPR:
Microsoft research details Iranian government efforts to interfere with the US election, including four fake outlets likely using AI to plagiarize news content — Groups connected to the Iranian government are using a spectrum of online tactics to interfere with the U.S. presidential election …
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Ina Fried / Axios:
How Getty transmits Olympics photos globally with fully remote editing as it aims for a 26-second delay between when photos are taken and when they hit the wire — Already during the games it has uploaded more than 350,000 pictures for media outlets to choose from.
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